The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1861. -~- These Danish papers—What are they doing With them ? Apparently, all this while, they have been quietly cushioned. Are they, on the contrary, all this while, being cleverly cooked ? It looks like it, The delay which has occurred, and is still occurring, in their publication, is, otherwise, so unaccount able, is so suspicious, is so unreasonable, is so entirely contrary to all Precedent, that conjecture b ecomes baffled in its efforts to account for it. But that a something is being done these papers, there is no earthly reason whatever why they should not have been laid upon the table of the House long since. The mere mechanical difficulty in the way of setting them in order, setting them in type, and setting them before Parliament, in the shape of a bluebook (of not such very unreasonable dimensions after all it would seem)—the mere me chanical difficulties in the way of producing this cor respondence furnish no valid reason whatever that would account for 4 delay so entirely preposterous. Under the supervision of a skilled man of letters like the Under• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, aided by three or four clerks from the General Cir cumlocution Office —(and a pleasant interruption this wholesome little burst of work might have been to the polishing of gun barrels with silk handkerchiefs, and the spreading of jam with paper knives, as described by our Master Humourist)—thecopy might soon enough, certainly in less than a fortnight's time, have been in the hands of the Parliamentary printer, and in course of distribution among his compositors. As to the rest of the work, the purely mechanical work—that we all know, that the daily press of itself is every morn ing and evening plainly demonstrating, to be capa ble of very rapid performance indeed. The Blue Book, we are told, when completed, will not much exceed, even if it at all exceeds, an extreme length of 700 pages. An amount of printed matter— as Mr. DISRAELI took occasion to remind the House a few evenings since, ander, rather than over, the extent to which the two blae-books ran, at the commencement of the famous session which witnessed the outbreak of the Crimean war. Yet, then, the blue-books were not dawdled over in this disgraceful manner at the Foreign-office, they were swiftly put together and promptly laid upon the table immedi ately the business of that memorable session com menced. Instead of which, it will be remembered, that not the faintest prospect was held out by Government at the commencement of this session of any papers at all being forthcoming in connec tion with the diplomatic negotiations, notoriously carried on by England with various among the leading Powers of Europe immediately ante cedent to the shameless opening of the Danish war, all of a sudden, by the banded armies of Aus tria and Prussia. Insomuch was a rigid silence observed in regard to those abortive negotiations in reference to those numerous but inoperative de spatches, that the Leader of the Opposition, as, in his responsible duty as such, he was in truth only bound to do, was constrained to ask, upon the very first night of the session—How about Denmark ? How about that Danish Correspondence? The cavalier tone in which the Premier replied there and then forthwith to that surely most natural inquiry—who does not remember ? It was with a careless, off-hand good-humoured sort of contemptuous indignation that Lord PALMER STON replied—the meaning of his reply being visible in the very shrug of his shoulders, in the very lifting of his eyebrows, [in the very inflection of his voice—Why, of course, those papers will be laid upon the table with all con venient expedition ! The noble lord adding, with a whimsical delivery his words that led to the drowning of his sentence in the general laughter of those who were listening to him—And, remembering the immense number of these papers, that are now in readiness to be produced, the LORD help those who may have the courage, &c. ! While we are writing, however, there come to us from the Foreign Office—welcomer in some sense than flowers in May because looked for so eagerly, and hitherto so vainly all through this weary dreary month of February, the leaves of No. 2 of these long delayed diplomatic papers " Denmark and Germany" they are headed. No. 2 extending to 145 pages, and includ ing in them just exactly 138 distinct documents, dating from the 21st of January, 1863, down to the 30th of last September, each inclusively. So that at length we are beginning, in earnest, to have a taste of it! Time, indeed, that we should do so—now that the session is fast advancing to the period of the Easter recess. Hardly before Easter shall have passed by can we look for the bringing forward in earnest, at last, of the inevitable discus sion which must arise now in the cud, when " the pear is ripe"—that debate which to mark the session and which must inevitably one way or another lead to a modification in the existing scheme of the Government. Whether this is to be accomplished by a change of Ministry or not, is, comparatively speaking, of little or no importance. What is wanted is—not that this set of men shall be in °fan and that in opposition, bat that the services of the country shall no longer be so conducted that—at home things have long since come pretty well to a dead lock, while—abroad the name of England has dwindled down until it has become an object either of absolute indiffe rence or of open derision. Mr. LOCKE KING'S motion for the reduction of the County Franchise has long since been ranked among those questions which are perseveringly brought forward year after year by their resolute and unwavering advocates. There appears at first to be little hope of their ever reaching a successful issue, and after they have been scornfully dismissed two or three sessions running, their annual appear ance comes to be regarded almost as a joke by members on both sides. Gradually, however, the cause, if it be founded on just princip:es and popular necessities, gathers strength ; gradually the little band of supporters grow into imposing numbers ; the matter is warnily taken up by the organs of popular opinion, end until the laughers and the scorners are transformed into open disciples, the Government of the day is forced to yield to the general voice, and the victory is won. We have watched this course of events with regard to nearly all those liberal measures which have marked this generation. Most of the great reforms of the last half century indeed have been carried not only against a formidable opposition, but after having withstood the severe trial of a long course of ridicule and neglect. The public mind requires to be familiarised with a cause, to be made thoroughly acquainted with its features and characteristics, before the necessity for an innovation comes to be widely recognised. The slow but sure progress of such a measure is marked in the history of Mr. LOCKE KING'S motion. Fourteen years ago he first introduced the measure, and since that time there have been changes of Government, dissolutions of Parliament, and projects and promises of Reform, but the bill is not yet carried. Still progress has been made, and the motion which " used to receive a bold and distinct negative, had lately been put by the timid and faltering negative of moving the previous question.' Flow far this is done in the case of the present Ministry to the openly expressed indignation of the country at the indefinite postponement of Re form, and how much to an increased perception of the merits of the bill ; at any rate there is no doubt that the measure is gaining ground. The four Reform Bills which have been brought forward within the last few years, only to come to an igno minions end, have all accepted the principle of the extension of the county franchise to occupiers, and three of the four fixed the franchise at the same I s um as this 10. Mr. L. KING went through the whole story of the fluctuations of its career, and pointed out the inconsistency of the present state of things since the wealth and population of the coun try has rapidly increased of late years, while the number of county voters has actually diminished. I In the last twenty years the county population has risen about two millions, while the electors have de creased is numbers about three thousand. This is the more preposterous since it is admitted on all hands that education has made most rapid strides, and politic . al knowledge has bec ome wid ely diffused among the masses. While in proportion to the ad vance of eueh knowledge and the cultivation of the reasoning powers the people are be : con:till more and more qualified to form a sensible and just opinion on the national affairs, and are less likely to be influenced by mob orators and ranting dema gogues. The measure, it must be acknowledged by its most inveterate opponents, cen be passed with perfect safety. There is certainly no great danger to the State likely to result from the votes of £lO oc cupiers; in fact the Conservatives, who usually fight the territorial battle, ought to welcome it heartily, as admitting a larger number of the agricultural class to political influence. The fact that the leaders of both parties have thought fit to introduce the principle of this measure into their own Re form Bills, proves indisputably that they do not really see any solid reason against it. All these contemplated Reform Bills have come to an un timely end; one after another they have disap peared from the scene of Parliamentary existence either from the coldness of their friends or the warmth of their enemies. The former danger has been the most fatal, Lord DERBY'S Bill having been, as Mr. LOCKE KING said, the only bill that was fought in earnest, "All these bills having fallen through," said Mr. LOCKE KING, "I would ask whether it is not desirable to give Reform in frag ments, and to pass some small and moderate mea sure like the present." Such certainly appears to be the most rational mode of proceeding, and we heartily advise all who have the interest of the Liberal cause really at heart to support such mea sures as those we are speaking of, even though they may regard them as isolated and partial. They are steps in the right direction, at all events, and in the present troubled state of Europe gradual and progressive changes may perhaps be wiser and safer than a more sweeping and comprehensive change. No one can pretend that the adoption of such a measure would produce a social convulsion or revolutionise Parliament; and since, so long at least as the present occupiers of the Treasury Benches retain their seats, there is no immediate hop of that "comprehensive measure of Reform" which we have been promised so often within the last ,ten years, Liberals must make the most of their unsatisfactory position, and not refuse to take some partial steps if they cannot go the whole jour ney; The warning given by Mr. KING to the right hon. gentleman the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Op position, and which he coupled with thanks for the assistance he had already lent him, is applicable to both sides of the House. Sooner or:later the bill must pass, and it will be far wiser and better to pass it now with a good grace than be forced to submit to external pressure in the days when Reform will be extorted—not demanded. It would seem as if there was a Nemesis that avenged the injuries of Denmark through the complications that are now assailing the German Powers. There is no misunderstanding this un happy state of things when we peruse the various items of intelligence that arrive from these quarters. Each Power is trying to put itself forward at the expense of others, and to keep those others in the background—the whole resulting in a complete confusion and entanglement which promises little for their future welfare, and certainly compromises their dignity to a great extent. Nothing can be a greater mistake than for the several parties who are planning any movement or representing any idea to dispute amongst themselves. Unity is strength has often been proved, but its veracity seems always doubted by the component parts of the Germanic Confederation. They split straws in their minute investigations of trifles, they squabble over the merest trifles, the veriest nothings assume colossal proportions, and are invested with gigantic interest, and what the great Powers of Europe would only laugh at they pass over as if their religion was in jeopardy, or some one had proposed that they should abrogate their rights as independent citizens. Perhaps the origin of the present differ ences may have a better foundation for its basis than the general run of petty discussions that abound in that locality, and are so prevalent among the races of the Teutonic clime. The email States aro apprehensive lest their turn shall come in the work of devastation, confiscation, and annihilation going on. There is some ground for this apprehen sion, because no one can possibly predicate that the cause of the two chief Powers will be guided or regulated by anything approaching to moderation or respect for the rights and privileges of others. Besides this, it is always so easy to take advantage of the confusion that exists in the chaos and be. wilderment consequent on war to take steps and to form plans which in sober moments in a quiescent period would be impossible, and never would be attempted. The Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin are the objects of great disfavour among the participa tors in the Conference, they are using all their efforts to outwit their manoeuvres and bailie their machinations. This may not be so easy, but it is always wise to be prepared. Forewarned is fore armed, we all know, and therefore these per plexed little principalities are right in their present purpose of arousing attention to the danger that exists and works in the background to overwhelm at any given moment, with the dan ger which only covert designs can create. It is, therefore, satisfactory to notice that these small States are raising their voices uow, for anon it may be too late. The Wurzburg Conference has been a very decisive movement, and sufficiently reveals the position of affairs. On the other hand, Austria and Prussia seem resolved to carry out their own purposes and to brave all things, rather than yield a little of what they consider their heaven-born rights. With affairs in this com plexity, it seems difficult to decide what is at all likely to occur: At all events, there is this nega tive good in the evil state of German politics, that their discomfiture bodes good for Denmark. Near or remote as the struggle may be, it will be a great source of strength to that oppressed and perse cuted nation, that its enemies' citadels are divided against themselves, and exposed to dangers near and far. This must weaken the power of any belligerent, and more especially one like Germany, which is so divided and sub-divided. Unless there is a well-founded sentiment that com mands the sympathies of the diverse nationali ties, it is idle to expect that anything like permanent success can be theirs, or any very lasting advantages can be gained. It is melancholy to look back fur the period of a few months, and notice the high hopes that have failed, the bright expectations that have vanished, and the compre hensive projects that are nowhere. When the Frankfort Congress met many persons were quite enthusiastic as to the results of the mighty gather ing. Now, where are they, departed into the shadow of bygone greatness, and cast into the limbo of broken promises and forgotten vows. The free and ameliorated States that were to rise out of that conclave, are now torn by distracted doubts and a prey to bitter misgivirgs. Had FRANCIS JOSEPH really been in earnest, in his efforts at so-called re form, would he not have eschewed the very mention of the present aggressive scheme, instead of enter ing into it heart and soul. The prophecies which herald the advent of princes on the throne are often most vague, or else delightfully falsified. Of the latter class have been the declarations that bailed the accession of King WILLIAM and of the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH. It these Sovereigns are liberal, the exponents of progress, and the friends of liberty, the sooner the present nations go back to the tyrants of the old world the better. The States of Germany, both small and great, are much to be pitied for their disastrous condition. To lose self-reliance is a sad thing, and it is an additional evil of great aggravation to have no confidence in those who have, to a great extent, the control of one's destinies. PROVIDENT . CLERKS' BENEVOL ENT FUND. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas &trim!, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Ilankey, Esq.,M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P. The attention of the benevolent is called. to the benefits conferred by this Institution upon a large and respectable class. It is the only Institution in England to which clerks of all denminations are admitted. Government, mercantile, bankin.,,,,, o law, railway, and other clerks are among the re cipients of its advantages. There are at present 67 Annuitants upon the Fund, who are receiving collectively .£1,105 per annum, and 12 more will be elected in May next. An Annual Subscription of One Guinea, or . a Life Subscrip— tion of fen Guineas, entitles the donor to one vote for each annuitant to be elected. Offices, 15, Moorg,ate-street, E.C. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Feb. 25, 1864. BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or -nainfacturer. and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attacues to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos AI by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon eta Lajurieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING: (13th time a new Opera, founded on Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SII STOOPS TO ¶.ONQUIi✓II. Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. NV. Harrison. After which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National Pantomime, HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-Comic Drama , , by Edmund Falconer, entitled NIGHT AND SIORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. Barrett, Fiirsiames, Miss Atkiason, Miss R. Leclercq and Miss Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— S ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LIT ELE DAISY. Miss Maria Harris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckatone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lindley, Hill, &c And A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, 11 , ,reland ; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclerc% Wood. Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. Alter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian ehronicle4," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac tar by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and ti~at the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Snow what to do, rgEw THE ATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- 3.91 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 2fst Week of Miss Bateman. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKEEt. Bliss Woolgar and Mr. J. L. Toole. 4t to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH Miss Bate wan, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Sirs. f3illington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio and his Seven Magic Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. --EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. 4ISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tms EVENING' I the 126th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LY,AH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVELa EVENING until further notice. ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged:—Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. - - - THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in a Acts, by Leicester Bucking ham,:Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIBINtI : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John stone, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling:. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE.OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. *Hord, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. George Case), at the POLYGRAPHIC TIALL, King William street (her THIRD SEASON in London), in her New and hifrhly successful Characteristic and Musical Entertainment entitled "A DRAWING ROOM TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday Mornings at Three. Stalls. Bs. ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; area, is. Will continue positively for a month only. Last performance March V. WHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," IL Containing the Latest SPORTING DITELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' .265. per ton. Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ 19s. „ Deep 22e. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De- Rots, Westbourue Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, t'adclington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. EMU WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—ltoraing, 3h. 50m.—Afternoon, 4h. 4m. yo-monnowelllorni g, 4h. 15m.—Afternoon, 4h. 34m. ---_ — eb, 36, 1864. Ti;he Weather —s un office, - ---------4.- TRIMILOIEBTER. This day at Two o'clock .. 44 _.... - Baromete r _ 2 , B2. ........ Wind—N.E. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. *nu 11 SIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1864, REAL BENEVOLENCE. " There is nothing so difficult," said Mr. John Abel Smith last evening, " as to give away money without doing more harm than good." At first eight, and to that large class whose only idea of charity is indiscriminate almsgiving, the above state ment appears absurd, but it is strictly and literally true. The real history of the vast herd of mendi cants, including the " genteel beggar," and the begging letter writer who infest our streets, is yet to be known, despite the light that has of late years been thrown upon their practices, and many a shilling, aye, and many a sovereign, too, which is given in the purest spirit of benevolence, finds its way into channels o► which the donor has little suspicion. *bile this is the fact, too, there are at our very doors hundreds, nay,thousands of cases requiring and deserving that relief, which, were they but known, would be readily and largely poured upon them; but the sufferers shrink from parading their woes, They are not of a class that " Hawk their wrongs as beggars do their sores." They suffer and too often die in silence and in oblivion. Here it is that the aid of an almoner, a discreet and trustworthy channel for the benevolence of the public, is invalu able ; nor in all the wide range of our great chari ties do we know of one which better fulfils this im portant duty than the institution on behalf of whom Mr. John Abel Smitb, its long-tried friend and deeply-respected treasurer, pleaded last night. We allude to the Provident Clerks' Bene volent Fund. Those who know the vicissitudes to which, without any fault of his own, a clerk is too often subject will readily acknowledge how much such an institution is needed, and how fully it merits support. The crash of a "great city house" is to him a ruin often more irreparable than to the mer chant whose larger venture has gone down in the storm—a few weeks' illness when he cannot be spared—the falling off in a particular "market" — the necessity for providing fcr a son or other rela tive of " the firm," any of these are to him the cause of that enforced idleness which, in many cases, is accompanied with actual destitution ; and if all these be spared, he must, in most cases, be gifted with an unwind degree of care and good fortune if he is able to face the inevitable approach of age and official uselessness, free from anxiety and secure in the possession of a competence. If the position of the clerk be thus uncertain, what must be the case of the widow of such a man, struck down perhaps by disease and death ere time has been afforded him to make even a slender provision for those he loved. He may have been prudent and commenced to assure his life, but how long will the proceeds of his small policy last before the claims of widow and children ? Here it is that the aid of the Provi dent's Clerks Benevolent Fund steps in, and by providing the widow either with temporary aid in the shape of gratuities, or a per manent annuity enables her to provide at least a shelter for those whom God has given to her charge. To the clerk, too, who, from age or infir mity, is incapacitated from earning a livelihood, the same comfort is afforded; and at present some £1,400 a year is permanently charged upon the fund to meet such cases as we have described, That the greatest care is exercised, that every application receives strict but kind scrutiny we are glad to know, and that those best qualified to judge are satisfied with the administration of the fund—the list of supporters,comprising, as it does, almost every leading house in the City, is ample evidence. Something, more, however, is wanted, as the claims on this noble fund must of necessity grow yearly— and that is, that not the mercantile public only, but the charitable of all classes, should spare for this institution some small portion of that golden stream which flows so freely toward every deserving object. The amount of good conferred by this fund in proportion to the applications for relief, exceeds that of any kindred institution, and the secret of thss is found in the fact, probably unparallelled in the history of our charities, that on the average of years very nearly 90 per cent of the gross income is applied to the purposes of the fund—the cost of management last year not exceeding 8 per cent. There are none in this great commercial country to whom the welfare of so large and so valuable a class of citizens is not of real importance—there ought to be none among those able to contribute to such an object who are unwilling to do so. Most truly did the Treasurer say at the meeting held last evening that much, very much, of the commercial greatness of England was due to the ability and in tegrity of the class on behalf of whose noble insti tution these lines are penned. Dr, Newman's Delightful Irony. The following is the climax of the pamphlet recently published by the Messrs. Longman and Co.—in which pamphlet Dr. Newman thus " puts down" with his inimitable power of sarcasm the Rev. Charles Kingsley, as explained from beginning to end in a very admirable article in this week's Spectator : " Mr. Kingsley begins then by exclaiming,—' 0 the chi canery, the wholesale fraud, the vile hypocrisy, the con science-killing tyranny of Rome I We have not far to seek for an evidence of it. Thero's Father Newman to wit : ono living specimen is worth a hundred dead ones. He, a priest writing of priests, tells us that lying is never any harm.' " I interpose : ' You are taking a most extraordinary liberty with my name. If I have said this, tell me when and where.' ' Mr. Kingsley replies : ' You said it, Reverend Sir, in a sermon which you preached, when a Protestant, as Vicar of St. Mary's, and published in 1814 ; and I could road you a very salutary lecture on the effects which that sermon had at the time on my own opinion of you.' " I make answer : Oh .. Not, it seems, as a priest speaking of priests; but let us have the passage.' "Mr. Kingsley relaxes : Do you know, I like your tone. From your tone I rejoice, greatly rejoice, to be able to ha. lieve that you did not mean what you said.' "I rejoin : Mean it! I maintain I never said it, whether as a Protestant or as a Catholic.' "Mr. Kingsley replies: 'I waive that point.' "I object Is it possible ?S% hat ! waive the main ques-: tion ? I either said it or I didn't. You have made a mons trous charge against me.—direct, distinct, public. You are bound to prove it as direct:y, as distinctly, publicly, or tb own :you can't.' Well,' says 11Ir. Kingsley, if you are quite sure you did not toy it, I'll take your word for it; I really will.' " THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND MR. PODS ! —. The Emperor buys most of his horses in England —many of them in Manchester. Lately Baron Fleury was in the latter city, purchasing for the Imperial stud. An animal was brought out fit for a king, " Fhie breezy stepper, count," says Mr. Dealer. " Look well in the Bois." "An Imperial horse all over, I should say." Count mounts, rides, likes, and then asks the price. it Seven hundred to you, count," is the startling reply. " Seven hundred I" exclaims M. Floury, with the fear of M. Fould before his eyes; it is awful I" " We think nothing of that figure here," says dealer. " Now, here comes Mr. Pods—Pods and Potter—one of our sporting men. Morning, Mr. Pods. Just throw your leg over that 'oss— ono of your sort." "Monsieur Pods," says Count Fleury, when ho tells the story, "did throw his leg over him ' How much ?' says he. ' Si - C/O,' says Mr. Dealer. ' Send him home,' replies Pods; and float the horse for his Ma j esty." UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—By a communication received from Cambridge yesterday, we learn that the crew have for the last two or three days taksn long rows to and from Clayhive, five miles from Cambridge, and stand the hard exercise very well. Another change in the crew has taken place since our last notice, Mr, Stevenson, of Trinity Hall, rows No. 3, instead of Mr. Knowles, of St. John's, who was rowing No. 5, and Mr. Watson has been removed from No. 3, and is now rowing No. 5, After this week it is determined that the practice shall be rercoved to Ely, 16 miles from Cambridge, so that the crew may have the undisturbed benefit of wider and deeper water, and also the beautifully long and straight reaches there. Mathew Taylor, of Newcastle, has been building a new boat for the Camln Rise gentlemen, which is expected to be launched next Monday. The crew are exerting tharafielsed to the . utmost, and are improving in style and pace, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LRECTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPEECH OF THE KING OF HANOVER. HANOVER, FEB. 21. A banquet was given in the Royal Castle to the members of the :Diet upon the day the Chambers were opened. In the course of the evening the King made the fol Lowing speech : " Gentlemen,—l ,have called you together upon this occasion at a momentous period—a period such as has not been known in our common father land for many years. "A sanguin.nry war rages in the northern marches of Germany. A brigade of my army, inspired by a lofty spirit beyond all praise, has gone to the Duchy of Holstein, ready t) fight for the fame of the arms of Hanover, for German honour, for German right, for a cause to which I have long specially dedicated myself, because I am convinced of its justice, and because I found Hanover, as the largest immediate neighbouring State, especially called thereto. We must leave the result to the Divine disposer of events. " Among all the mournful circumstances by which we are surrounded, we have yet cause to be thank ful to the Almighty for having until now preserved to our immediate country the blessings of peace. Let ns pray that he will still in future preserve us from the pressure of war "But if the misfortune of war has still kept far from us, the times are insecure and pregnant with events. The more, gentlemen, is it necessary to preserve peace and maintain strength at home, to be prepared for all eventualities that may come from abroad. Heaven be praised that I can greet you with tranquillity and joy, thoroughly convinced that you are animated by the genuine spirit the Hanoverian people has inherited from its fathers, which has always led it to display the most un shaken love, fidelity, and devotion to the ruling house when the times were gravest. I know, therefore, that you have come here filled with the most perfect confidence in myself and my Govern ment, to support me the more readily in carrying out my paternal intentions for the welfare of my people, all of whom I love as my own children." His Majesty concluded by heartily welcoming his assembled guests. SPAIN. ROYAL DECREE OF AMNESTY. MADRID, FEB. 21. The following Royal decree of amnesty for political crimes has been published to-day ; " Taking into consideration the report of my Council of Ministers, and in conformity with their recommendation, I hereby decree : " Article 1. I concede an ample and general am nesty for all political crimes committed in the peninsula and the adjacent islands up to the pro mulgation of this my Royal decree in the same; excluding only from the benefit thereof those criminals who have relapsed in abuse of the Royal clemency. "Article 2. The Ministers whom the present decree concerns will immediately take the necessary measures to secure its punctual and complete execution both by judicial and Governmental order. " Given at the Palace, this 19th Feb., 1864. " ISABELLA: "The President of the Council of Ministers, Lorenzo Arrazola." The above is preceded by a letter signed by all the Ministers, recommending the Queen to issue a decree of amnesty in commemoration of her happy delivery and return to public affairs. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 25. The Peninsula and Oriental Co.'s steamer Poonah with the above mails has arrived here. She brings 55 passengers, including his Excellence Rainan. drain Rainferingia and the Embassy from Madan gascar, with the Rev. Mr. Duffas, interpreter. The Poonah has 459 packages cargo, including raw silk value £40,500 sterling, On the 22d she passed the Pera with the out ward mails of the 20th inst. Sir Moses Montefiore returned to Gibraltar on the 17th inst. in her Majesty's ship Magicienne from the Court of Morocco. Hia efforts on behalf of his co-religionists in the Sultan's dominions have been successful, Sir Moses having obtained an Imperial edict which cannot fail to improve the position of the Jews in the interior of Morocco, and otherwise advance the cause of civilisation. A powder magazine has exploded in Morocco, causing a loss of life estimated at 900 persona. Her Majesty's troop ship Orontes, from Ports mouth, left Gibraltar on the 16th for Malta. Gibraltar exchange on London, 53 1-16 tot; on Paris, 5,28; Madrid, par tot, prem. HAMBURG, FEB. 25. According to an announcement of the Danish Consul• General in this city, Holstein and Schles wig ships carrying the Danish flag and Danish papers and signals will retain the rights of Danish ships. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, The Euxine, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 7.30 a.m. this day. The mails were to leave for London at 11.30 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 24.—The arrival of the English funds with an advance of I, caused by the annource ment of the proposition made by England for a Conference (as mentioned by telegram) has had a good effect on the market. Threes, for the Account, are now at 661. 80c. Mobilier have improved to 1,070 f. Railway Market firm, with an improve ment on most of the lines. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents. 95 60 Do. eRd month... • - 3 per Cents ..... 66 60 Do. end Routh.... 66 60 Credit Mobilier.... 1072 50 Do. end m0nth....1075 Bank Shares ...... 3290 Credit F oncier ....1275 Roman .......... 76 Italian Loan 6B 10 . Do. end month 67 85 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5l 50 Rome Debt Deferred - - BAIL WAY% Cash. Account. Orleans lOlO .. 1007 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sbuqinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 937 60 :: 937 50 668 75 .. 663 75 615 - .. - - 480 - .. 480 - 381 25 .. 380 - 410 - .. 412 50 522 50 .. 522 50 500 - .. 500 - 590 - .. 695 -- 300 - ~ - MezzlNl has published an elaborate statement of the Austrian army, in order to show that although numbering nearly 600,000 men, no more than 500,000 are effective troops, including in their incorporation a number of Hungarians, Galicians, Bohemians, and Roumanians, whose loyalty cannot be depended on. That for a war in Italy the utmost force that Austria could put forth would not exceed 170,000 men, to which the Italians could oppose 270,000, besides 30,000 volunteers, at least, under Garibaldi- CLAIMS OF PEERAGE and claim to vote for repre sentative Peers for Ireland now pending in the House of Lords :—The De Scales Peerage, the Montacate Peerage, the De Ferrers Peerage, the De Ferrers of Chart ley Peerage, the Wiltes Peerage, the Balfour of Burley and Kilwinning Peerage, the Balfour of Burleigh Peerage, the Tracey Peerage, the Netterville Peerage, tho Went worth Peerage, the lionhermer Peerage, and the Lord de glauptier's claim to vote, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The annual trial of rifles with which the Queen's Prize is to be shot for at Wimbledon commenced on Tuesday morn ing at the Royal Arsenal range, Woolwich. The five com petitors on this occasion were Messrs. Baker, Henry, Phelps (for Storm's breach loader), Rigby, and Whitworth. The latter competitor wished to submit to trial not only his ordi nary small bore rifle, but also an arm of similar construc tion, but carrying a ball of the same size as the regulation Enfield. The Council of the National Rifle Association, however, decided that Mr, Whitworth ought to elect which of the rifles he would compete with, as allowing him a double chance of succeeding in the competition would give him an unfair advantage. Mr. Whitworth naturally chose the small bore, but the council allowed him to test the capabilities of the larger arm, in order to arrive at some conclusion as to its value. Its figure of merit will therefore be determined, although, of course, it will not be counted in the compe tition. During the examination of the various arms sent in for competition it was found that several of the barrels differed considerably in weight. Certain members of the council present being of opinion that the increased weight of the barrels would give some competitors an advantage over others, they held a council meeting in the hut at the range, and after a short discussion agreed to issue the following document No TICE. On weighing barrels and stocks brought for examination separately, some of the barrels are found to be of such a weight that, when full stocked and with metal ramrods, as the Queen's prize rifles have invariably been in previous years, the rifles will exceed the prescribed weight. The rules bearing upon this point are as follows : " Minimum bore, •451; maximum weight, 911 b; mini mum pull of trigger, 6111. "Each gunmaker will have to bring six rifles of the same description and quality, The rifles will be fired from fixed mechanical rests, and the description of rifle that gives the best figure of merit will, as heretofore, be selected as the one with which the Queen's Prize shall be competed for at the ensuing prize meeting of the association, subject to the con ditions of the manufacturer undertaking to supply the num ber of rifles required by the council within a specified time, of their being in every respect equal to the one chosen, and of the price not exceeding £l5 per rifle." Though the relative weight of the barrel and stock is not laid down, the spirit and intention of the rules must be self evident. It is invariably admitted that increased weight of barrel greatly improves the shooting of a rifle. Sixty rifles cannot be made " equal in every respect to the one chosen" if it be necessary in making them up to diminish the weight of barrel to bring them within the prescribed weight. The rifles with which the Queen's Prize is to be shot for cannot be brought within the prescribed weight unless due allowance has been made in the first instance for weight of stock. The members of council present will, therefore, try all the rifles which come under the letter of their rules, but they give notice that it will be impossible for them in every event to order rifles the barrels of which will not admit of being full stocked with metal ramrods without the rifle, when finished, exceeding the maximum prescribed weight 911 b. The whole question, however, will be submitted to a full meeting of the council on Friday next, the 26th inst., whose decision will be made public at the general meeting on the 27th inst. ELcno. BURY. C, BAY. W. WELLS. J, C. KENNEDY. E. MILDMAY. Secretary, N.R.A. Feb. 23. Although the competition was announced to begin at 11 o'clock, the competitors did not fairly commence work before 2 o'clock. At this time the sun was shining gently over the range, and there was hardly wind enough to move the flags at the markers' butts. The atmospheric conditions could, therefore, hardly have been more favourable. The number of rifles to be fired by each maker will be six—five trial shots at 500 yards, and eight at 1,000 yards, being allowed to each riflc. The mean radial deviation of 20 shots from each piece at the two ranges will be taken as the figure of merit of the respective rifles, and determine the successful competitor. Up to half-past 5, when the work was stopped by the grow ing darkness, each competitor had fired 20 shots at 500 yards from his first three rifles. Full calculation of the mean radial deviation of the first round only had been made when the firing ceased for the day. First round at 500 yards, minimum bore '451. Henry, figure of merit •43 of a foot Phelps (Storm's breech •loader) Whitworth f Rigby . •86 „ Baker •B7 99 Out of competition, Whitworth's large bore, .577, figure of merit •55 of a foot. The results of the second round were only partly calculated, Rigby's shots not having been mea sured. They are—Henry, •43; Whitworth, •51; Storm, •57; Baker, .93. Whitworth's large bore had also not been measured, but the diagram seemed a remarkably good one. In the third round an accident caused the 13th of Henry's shots to hit rather wild, apparently giving Whitworth a slight advantage of him. The competition will be continued to-day, when the rest of the shots at 500 yards will be fired, and the work at 1,000 yards begun. The competition between the rival gunmakers was con tinued yesterday at Woolwich, the whole of the work at the 600 yards' range having been completed just before dusk. The second, third, fourth, and part of the fifth series of shots are the only one whose figures of meta had been made out when the council left the ground : Figure of merit in parts of a foot. 2d Rifle. 3d Rifle. 4th Rifle. sth Rifle Henry Whitworth Storm '69 .. •70 .. - '76 .. 1.13 .. .. Rigby Baker •93 SO Outofcompetition. Whitworth, large '4B .. '6l i. From the above table, and from a cursory examination of the diagrams not calculated, it seems pretty certain that Henry will come off best at this range, being closely fol• , lowed by Whitworth and Storm. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 41s ld ; barley, 32s Od ; oats, 19s 8d ; rye, 28s 10d ; beans, 33s 2d ; and peas, 32s bd. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 405 10d; barley, 32s Ocl ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 295 ld ; beans, 338 6d ; peas, 33s ld. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 96,027; barley, 84,023; oats, 15,478; rye, 13; beans, 7,645; peas, 1,236 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here to-day, but the quality of the stock was very middling. All the breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. The best Scots sold at ss, in some instances, at 5s 2d per Sibs. We were fairly supplied with sheep, and the inquiry for them was inactive, on former terms. The best Downs in the wool realised 6s; out of the wool, 5s per Sibs. The few lambs on offer changed hands at 7s per Slbs. No change took place in the value of calves, and the veal trade was somewhat heavy. Prices ranged from 4s 2d to 5s 2d per 81bs. Pigs and mileh cows moved off slowly, at late rates. Per Slbs.to sl s. d. s. d. Crso. & inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, att. 4 10 5 0 erse. & inf. sheep 4 0.4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 20s to 26s 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. ink the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme. S' thdown (10.5 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 'Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 ; and quarter-old store pigs, Boasts Cows l3O Sheep Calves ... 202 Pigs 3lO FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 350 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs ME AT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.—The Supplies Of meat are tolerably good. and the trade rules steady as follows : Beef, from 3s 44 to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 10(1 to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4cl to 4s 4d per 81b8 by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 24.—Our market was fairly supplied with stock, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 55 Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 24.—Each kind of meat moved off slowly, at the annexed rates :-13eaf, from 3s 8d to 5s Od; mutton, 3s 10d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Gd to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 48 8d per Sibs ; suckling calves, 19s to 265; quar ter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l5 to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. - SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £,3 Os to £4 5s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 10s per load. &fair demand. CtnunEuLAND.--111es.l.ow hay, £3 Os to £4 Ss Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to 10s per load. Supply limited. WHIT ECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 7a Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load. Trade dull, COAL MARKET. Prioes of. Coal per Ton at the °lose of the market. s. Bates'sWest Hartley ..14 Bower's West H art tey.l , l 9 Byass's Bebsido West Hartley . 11 9 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. il, d. .... .. •., , . ......... %/- ley l4 6 Davison's West Hart- ley.. l 5 0 Ilrylam 17 0 Edon Main ...... l7 3 Tanfield Moor Butes l5 0 Cowpen Hartley 15 0 Holy well 17 0 North Pelton Gas 14 0 West Hartley 16 0 Ships at market Haswell l9 0 East Hartlepool IS 9 South Hartlepool 17 9 Hartlepool lB 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 6 Kelloe Hetton l9 0 Hough nail lB 3 South Kelloe lB 3 Gosforth l6 6 Tunntall South notion 19 0 Bell l6 6 Ridde11....... 16 6 53; eold, 38, P , .,:r-__ • ' ';' - - 6,711 N;A:;; • --, V• t" 61114 ' '-‘"‘- 1 elrolar HER MAJESTY. --- DWI NDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 24 , The glen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grou l2cla this morning. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sax e Weimar dined with her Majesty yesterday. The Prince and Princess of Mies.. The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback Ye'` terday morning attended by Major Teesdale: at The Duke of Cambridge visited the p rince Marlborough House. The Princess of Wales, attended by Lady pc arll drove out in the afternoon. - LEOPOLD.—A suit of magnificent apart' ments on the south side of Windsor Castle has been fitted itip . for the reception of the King of the Belgians, Wh o Was e iv e petted to accompany h.-3r Majesty from Osborne, but ovl,i; to the political state of affairs his Majesty's visit to country will perhaps not take place. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honour the performances at the Princess's Theatre last nigh t ' the The Duke and Duchess of Argyll received :ad, Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Airs. t stone, and a select party, last evening, at their residence a Campden-hill, Kensington. Lord and Lady Colchester entertained at air°er last evening, at their residence in Berk of square, the following company :—The Marchioness °r, Ely, the Earl and Countess of Darby, the Earl of Cer na „ 0 0 7 von, the Earl of Longford, the Countess of Donou Lord and Lady Col Ville, Lady Delamexe, the Righ t i td ' Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, the Right Hon. Sir John " Lady Pakington, Mr. Butler Johnstone, ALP., & o *.,„ z er We have to announce the death of the D ° 7: st Viscountess Hereford, who expired on the 20tilj"-bi: a at her residence at Hampton-court Palace. Th e vener titer viscountess, wh.) was in her 81st year, was third deug.n.l of Sir George Cornewall, Bart., and married Healy Flerali; 14th viscount, and grandfather of the present Peer December, 1805. By him she had a numerous issue. DENMARK AND THE CONFERENCE• • m the The following is a copy of a dispatch fro — ;g b. Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs to the P°l- Legations abroad, dated Copenhagen, Feb 12 '; 0 0 Sir,—You are already aware that the ar °l ,,d e r evacuated the position of the Danewirke in to occupy the second line of defence, that of DP' s& The reasons which have dictated this retrogrter. movement are of a purely strategical o ber° e a The extreme rigour of the season, the proloegthe night watches, and the excessive fatigue °f o f troops, together with the numerical superiorit' .. the enemy, had rendered it impossible to hold 0110 longer th© Danewirke; and if the arruY bacio'oid this state of things, accepted a battle, there have been grounds for tearing its entire dee° tion. :n „ blob' At present our troops occupy a posit ,-- ,740 11 menaces the flank of the enemy, and being ufl" by the sea, unites all the advantages which the n g clr graphical configuration of the country offers. bol is in fact the only strategical position viwo. allows us to sustain, reduced as we are t o our °Tio forces, a prolonged war, for which, it seen 3s ' rj 0 must prepare ourselves. Before the occuPat°witii Schleswig we could have concluded a lie tice ,,, m eat Germany. After this event the King's G °TerP viar has but one choice—that of continuing th 3; he cl until the former state of things is re - r ata in Schleswig, and that Duchy again pla ced 11- t bat the authority of the King. It is only th en dt ivg we will be able to renewour efforts for terrllloeo by means of negotiations our conflict Wit h many.—l have the honour, &c., G. acjo ,o* (Signed) LITERATURE ,i 1 .% bet ). Ella Norman ; or, a TVoman's Perils, BY A. Murray. Three Vols. Hurst and B ls°Ae t - a t ;rl.o its This is a very complicated story, that rt'hief much to attract and interest the reader. : n ted scenes are laid in Australia, and we are Pr e : f oci with a very comprehensive account of lileaatio manners in that country. Besides a very r °r° a ge tale, there are many more serious matter s to el os the attention of the reader. Great stress is la oat the imprudence and impropriety of seu din gs bs young females without ascertaining whatVrieeds their fate when they land in a new world. -Oaies at home" concoct b m e e n e e t fi a t nd oftheir very for elaborate seu and ` young proteg ees es to send them out by scores and tens o f o or biota make their way and enjoy advantages no at e they could never hope for at home. aaf° on landing the hapless outcasts find that tb s ,",, dal run their heads into storms, and lament to o ; e, or that saw them leave the sheltering fold of h° on og even the hard lot which was cast to thet a to strangers, to attempt more than they are fl a b i l ; manage, and ccpe with difficulties . th at req• oat. trained hand and an energetic mind to su rra rf f The episode which records the sad tal° ° ra er Hawley is very painful, and her dark es jag t° touchingly told. It may serve as a W aril o , F e, r those weak minded and inexperienced Yeael'eo3oo, sons who are always ready to r ush int o el ; „ not to be too facile in making acquaints ocl doub ts . 0 strangers, and to show more nerve when o t difficulties overcome them. Mary's folly w as o n o ft ° na i ll renewing her acquaintance with an , 00 roy woman like Mrs. Stanley, and thus it Wil l g' $01: 08 be found in the annals of those who go estr as l . ,,ibie b , imprudence has led them into difficulties, fro.M.eo,, they appear powerless to extricate themselv they truly exemplify the old adage- - " Evil is wrought from want of t hought flt As well as want of heart." 6 1 oh 1/ übSe t The author has shown great tact in t he 6 eo s sketch of poor Mary's career. The re is 13°0 0 :arm mock sentimentality which would gloss e c os itioof and reinstate the offenders in their forlD er o p e or b° but a gulf is shown to exist which os° sidertli° passed, while at the same time kind and ceo ~00ttle hearts seek to alleviate the suffering sd otor o e f the sorrow of the stricken one. IP: a "Jock" is very amusing, and it ' s nut Be ' ie to instance of retributive justice when a nd 10g , is proud relations have to wait for his co'' lo,oo remain in agonising suspense until his Poianieo, it known. After the long accounts of the 9.. ~boogh s , is rather a relief to turn to English Wet awl • gal idll is not presented to us in a very flatterto er w or the auspices of Lady Marivale and . 11 1, eit houß er daughter. Caroline is a more genial the ass tl~ much spoiled by her education. Aug ust a lias O ut of Vincent, or Jock, to give him his M s ` n og , ° briquet, is a smart sketch of a well•ules" o 0 eL ith a • rather covert character. She meets W •do r 0 for $ ing passage in her life, w hen all be . da mp acquaintances profess the warmest fo e ° rierre' her, and beset her with inquiries. f Fr a t tl h cl° cil e f S° ; point is a good example 0 unfitted 1 09 ness of emigrants who are rough work, and who seem rhea the./ JO b ° what to do with themselves Oa the efe °P into strange quarters. - these aos there is plenty to ,gain notice 111 p lea o ful volumes, and many will P ass ila „ a i io s ' e sa hour in tracing Ella's career as a ge ver „ 3s ed s e° Ella P° s ' t tronS unlikely and unsociable placer • d he r o° and discretion, however, which carve daunted cl" t perils and perplexities that might hav_ i p, a , air tll at ea fot boldest. Her adventures with the flu' itrer °9 he their e- s verary are almost ludicrous in draw hue mate comfort, but, notwithstanding her eso ti nt Codatort • is able to be of great service to ~ is , la Ar mail hat o° friends she meets with. " -.°r „a for t`"" ;vs 0 respects,various 0 t a h n e o r r a i gtti attractions, t s i e t y n of ro a vi y or: c : Berics , l : o o, l ;; e l ,.. considerable share of fame from the dii eeg readers. „, o rieg TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS IL` s ei detic ° o tioll from Alexandria state that the VicareY ... l ..cio nts ja_rrd to remedy the causes of complaint of the Jr: vit a h r: a a t the ir to the deficiency of means of tra.nsysorarelatione :: ea oo t , the Egyptian Trading CompauY, B ,yptt 4 .% t . s olo ° various agencies in Upper and Lewer,,, 'rod t hat s o the Red Sea, are accrly all establis_ll.,:eroy jo s .r i on T ar es. them begin to show results. Tho VL„,py for i extensive order to be given to the e'r